Ilona Slupianek
Ilona Slupianek, born Schoknecht, married Briesenick, since 2008 married Longo, (* September 24, 1956 in Demmin ) is a former German shot putter, the 1980 Olympic champion was for the GDR.
Life
The European Junior Champion in 1973 was fifth at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. After winning the European Cup in August 1977 in Helsinki, she was tested positive in -competition test for nandrolone and banned for doping by the European Athletic Association (EAA ) for one year. 1991 was the doping opponents Berendonk Brigitte and Werner Franke several theses and dissertations former GDR doping researchers make in the Military Medical Academy in Bad Saarow. Based on the work, let the doping practices of many well-known East German athletes, including Ilona Slupianek prove. According to the information received Ilona Slupianek 1981-1984 high doses of Oral Turinabol. The doping case Slupianek meant that as of 1977, the East German athletes before the ride had to international competitions to undergo an internal " exit check " to disguise the generally practiced doping.
As early as 1978 could Slupianek return to the competition scene and win at the European Championships in Prague. In 1980 she set two world records and triumphed at the Olympic Games in Moscow, and in 1982 she defended her title at the European Championships in Athens. The following year she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Helsinki.
1984, when the Olympic Games in Los Angeles turned out for the East German athletes for the Olympic boycott, she won the substitute abgehaltenenen competitions of friendship. Then she married the shot put champions Hartmut Briesenick and became the mother of a daughter. In 1987 she won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, but failed to qualify for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
Ilona Slupianek is 1,80 m tall and weighed 95 kg in their active time. She started for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the OSC Berlin and coached at Willi cooling. From 1976 to 1986 she was deputy of the People's Chamber of the FDJ.
Personal best
- Shot Put: 22,45 m, May 11, 1980 Potsdam ( German record, former world record) Hall: 21,59 m, 24 January 1979, East Berlin ( German record )